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Ilsan Extra 300s ARF
By Klaus
Weiss............reviewed 05/97
The Kit
Heathcote
Soaring League
The box is quite large and depicts the colour scheme of the
model which is inside. The wings, fuselage and tailplane are
packaged in separate plastic bags, as is the hardware and ABS
plastic parts. The instruction booklet explains the assembly
steps quite well, and is written in Korean(?) with English
translation below. The fuselage is balsa/ply construction and
the wings are foam core/balsa sheeted, with balsa sheet
tailplane. All the separate sections are pre-covered and
trimmed, leaving very little for the builder to do in this area.
The workmanship is of high quality in the Ilsan kit, with the
all important wings, fuselage and tailplane being straight and
warp free. The covering on this kit was of a better quality than
what is usually seen on ARF kits, but it would still be a good
idea to iron the edges down (low heat works well) and even seal
them with thinned epoxy at the same time you are fuel proofing
the firewall, tank compartment and other exposed timber which
may come into contact with fuel.
The hardware package is quite complete, containing an
excellent pre-stressed alloy landing gear, ABS cowl and wheel
pants, engine mount, tank, spinner and screws, bolts, nuts etc.
There is a parts list in the instruction booklet, so tick off
the parts and take time to read it through before you start
assembly. Assembly. I will gloss over the assembly, as it is
fairly well illustrated and detailed in the instruction booklet.
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